Hi everyone i start CD at end of the month and was having a bit of a stress about money last night thinking i would not be able to afford it, its gonna cost me £44 a week because i have to have 4 packs a day due to my height.
But then i got to thinking i live a bit of a party lifestyle and up until now all my money has gone on socialising, obviously i won't be able to drink alcohol on this diet and won't be needing to buy lunch everyday so was wondering if anyone has actually saved money by switching to this diet

Hi everyone i start CD at end of the month and was having a bit of a stress about money last night thinking i would not be able to afford it, its gonna cost me £44 a week because i have to have 4 packs a day due to my height.

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Hi I havnt started CD yet but i have the same fear about the money I had a look at my main shopping bill for last month and food came to less than £60 when i did my shop at asda, fair enough this dosent include milk that i pop over to the shop to get, i normally buy lunch at work sausage roll etc, not even thinking about how much i spend on chocolate, i do like bounty bars, So all in all i think im going to be about even and i have decided that the cost is going to be so much worth it to be a slimmer healthier me.

i think i break about even
my weekly shop for 7 of us comes to arround 120.00
but as i wont be eating any of it i am hoping it will last abit longer
the 120.00 does include all toilitries and nonm food stuff but i do think i may spend less on food shop now i`m not eating

Hiya!
I definately have saved money. I have 3 CD supplements a day, so that is 21 a week at a total cost of approx £49 for me .... worth every penny as now not buying lunch or breakfast and naughty things at point of purchase at M&S!
Plus no need for big Tesco or waitrose food shop every few weeks,

Additional cash for my new wardrobe!! Hurruh!
So not are you losing pounds, but saving them too!!
Good luck
S xxx

Its the crap that you buy that you save on like the choc bar here the can of coke there and if you go out on a Friday night for a drink then that will be water! Also lunch time its amazing how much I was spending on lunch 5-6 pounds a day!

1st goal to lose 10% of body weight DONE 01/05/072nd Goal to be under 20 stone by 1st July3rd Goal to have less than 100lbs to lose4th goal my WW 10% 28.7 pounds so 18.6 by Sept

Thanx for all the replys its good to be able to share your worries with other people, really nervous about starting am eating for at the moment then i should be think my brains trying to compensate for the next few months, i know its bad but can't seem to stop, really need to address my problems i have with food think its a boredom thing rather than a comfort thing

I live in student halls so just pay for anything i eat and drink, i will definatly be savin a lot of money, means no more pizza nights, and random go to the shop for some bread and spendin £10 on sweets n crisps etc

I think i'll save money - my shop normally works out at £50 for 2 of us, plus the fact that i foreget/can't be bothered to make my lunch 2 or three times a week, which is another £10, plus takeaways or eating out, i'll either break even or save x

I've been known to spend £70 on a night out drinking before (roughly once a month) plus 3 takeaways at least.. then crisps, chocolate and cakes... Then there is the diet coke, i drink litres of the stuff everyday and its all i drink. Costs a fortune that lot

For CD i spend £32.55 on foodpacks (mix a mousse, flavouring etc is extra) and so that covers what i spend on takeways a week... Dh obviously has to be fed but he doesn't need that much really... So it does work out better for us xxx

Start CD 20/04/07
Lost 20lbs before CD so...S.W 261lbs BMI - 42.1

1. Lose 3st by end of July 2. Get into a size 183. Lose 5st by the end of Sept4. Get into a size 145. Be at final goal weight by end of Feb 086. Have a BMI of 30 by end of October7. Have a healthy BMI 11st by end of January 088. Get into a size 10/12

I have saved money as I was out to lunch 5 times a week (£7.50 a day), also enjoying the odd bottle of wine 3 times a week (at least £15), not to mention the sandwich on the way home from work (at least £7 a week), the odd choc bar, and the impact on the family groceries! We spend about £300 a month, but it is lasting a LOT longer without me scoffing. Slightly off topic, but I am cooking gastronomic delights now I am not eating it. Have even started baking my own bread, and really loving cooking. I am taking great pride in cooking the kids and OH delicious and healthy food. WOT A FREAK! And rather than it tempting me to munch, it is really helping me stick to CD. To be honest though, even if I was spending more money than before on CD I would stick to it, cos in one month I have lost 28lbs. This is the best diet ever!

Yes Misdee mine do too! I get them to grate cheese, and chop up loads of veggies and I reach into my carefully stocked freezer (mini freak too!) and get out a couple of pizza bases I baked the week b4. Flippin heck am Domestic Goddess without the Nigella figure! (I wish). Off topic again (sorry), but The Lady herself (nigella L) said that when women diet they "push" food. That had a certain resonance with me, the original "food-pusher" xx

It's all the extras we eat like cake, chocolates, pizza, Chinese takeaways etc that add up. I know i was amazed how much less I was spending when I started CD because all the rubbish I bought was for me and not my husband
Irene xx

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